Turning off full screen mode stops the toolbar from hiding when the pointer is moved away from the top of the screen.

Internet Explorer – Showing the Menu Bar

1. Press the Alt key on your keyboard to view the Menu bar temporarily.
2. Click on View > Toolbars > Menu bar to add the Menu bar permanently.

If you’re in full screen mode, your toolbar will be hidden by default. This is the most common reason for it to disappear. To leave full screen mode: On a PC, press F11 on your keyboard.

1. Move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen.
2. Click “Tools” and then “Full Screen.” Internet Explorer exits full screen mode and the toolbar will stop hiding itself.

1. Right-click the Windows “Start” button and click “Properties.”
2. Click the “Taskbar” tab.
3. Remove the check mark from the “Auto-Hide the Taskbar” check box and click “OK.”

How to switch between the Start menu and Start screen in Windows…

1. To make the Start screen the default instead, click the Start button and then click the Settings command.
2. At the Settings window, click the setting for Personalization.
3. At the Personalization window, click the option for Start.

Do the following to reset the layout of the start menu in Windows 10 so that the default layout is used.

1. Open an elevated command prompt as outlined above.
2. Type cd /d %LocalAppData%/Microsoft/Windows/ and hit enter to switch to that directory.
3. Exit Explorer.
4. Run the following two commands afterwards.

To reset your PC

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
2. Tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Recovery.
3. Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, tap or click Get started.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.